Cyber Law & Ethics
Course Number: 14-684
Department: Information Networking Institute
Location: Pittsburgh
Units: 6
Semester Offered: Spring
Cyber Law & Ethics
Course Number: 14-684
Department: Information Networking Institute
Location: Pittsburgh
Units: 6
Semester Offered: Spring
In this online course, students learn about US and international laws they must comply with while working as cyber operations professionals. Learn how to stay on the right side of the law Starting with international law, we cover the formation of the United Nations, plus the Hague and Geneva Conventions. We study sources of US law including the three branches of government, the Constitution, and relevant case law in privacy. We address statutory laws that apply generally to computer professionals like the Computer Fraud and Abuse act and other Title 18 crimes, as well as laws specific to military applications like Titles 10 and 50. Woven throughout, we consider ethics and social responsibility, then conclude with specific issues around ethical hacking. This is a text-based online course with online evaluation via quizzes, which you may take at your own pace. There are no projects or final exam, but please expect to invest substantial time into reading both legal and technical texts.
Class format
Lecture and project-based
Home department
INI
Target audience
INI students
Background required
None
Learning objectives
Faculty and instructors who have taught this course in the past
Aleecia McDonald